Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754388AbbHHLg2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Aug 2015 07:36:28 -0400 Received: from saturn.retrosnub.co.uk ([178.18.118.26]:58027 "EHLO saturn.retrosnub.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754134AbbHHLg1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Aug 2015 07:36:27 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] MAX6675 IIO temperature driver To: Matt Porter , Jonathan Cameron References: <1438635410-3757-1-git-send-email-mporter@konsulko.com> <897A4C3B-DF7E-4AEE-A117-00CCB510F4DD@jic23.retrosnub.co.uk> <20150804173417.GN15004@beef> Cc: Linux IIO List , Devicetree List , Rob Herring , Mark Rutland , Linux Kernel Mailing List From: Jonathan Cameron Message-ID: <55C5E9B8.5030404@kernel.org> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 12:36:24 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20150804173417.GN15004@beef> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2267 Lines: 49 On 04/08/15 18:34, Matt Porter wrote: > On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 05:52:17PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote: >> >> >> On 3 August 2015 21:56:47 BST, Matt Porter wrote: >>> This series adds a driver for the MAX6675 SPI thermocouple converter. >>> The device supports temperature measurements via type-K thermocouples >>> and implements cold-junction compensation within the part. The >>> datasheet >>> can be found at http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/MAX6675.pdf >> For a device like this where perhaps it's position wrt iio/hwmon boundary is unclear >> I want to see an argument for why IIO makes more sense in the cover letter + cc >> at least the hwmon MAINTAINERS if not the list... > > Will do. Just to summarize here, the typical use case for this type of > thermocouple converter involves sample rates that are relatively high > compared to what the hwmon interface can support. The upcoming hrtimer > trigger will match up well with this to support fine-grained > periodic samples. I'll add this in the v2 cover latter. Fair enough - will want a least an OK from Jean / Guenter that they accept this reasoning before I take the driver though. Best to avoid stepping one peoples toes! > > -Matt > >>> Matt Porter (3): >>> iio: temperature: add max6675 dt binding >>> iio: temperature: add max6675 thermocouple converter driver >>> MAINTAINERS: add max6675 driver >>> >>> .../bindings/iio/temperature/max6675.txt | 19 +++ >>> MAINTAINERS | 7 + >>> drivers/iio/temperature/Kconfig | 11 ++ >>> drivers/iio/temperature/Makefile | 1 + >>> drivers/iio/temperature/max6675.c | 155 >>> +++++++++++++++++++++ >>> 5 files changed, 193 insertions(+) >>> create mode 100644 >>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/temperature/max6675.txt >>> create mode 100644 drivers/iio/temperature/max6675.c >> >> -- >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/